Do you have a go-to web designer that’s on call to make updates and additions to your website? If you do, that designer likely has several or many clients just like you that they are maintaining on a daily basis. Most of us freelancers maintain several different websites for several different clients. Sometimes (and ideally) [...]
Truly an Independence Day
I have been freelancing (at varying degrees) as a web and graphic designer for 12 years now, and in early 2008 I stared putting together a plan to officially open my doors full-time. Although I loved my day job, also as a designer, I had acquired enough side-work that I found myself working day and [...]
Content really is King online – and design is Queen
If content is King for tourism and destination marketing online, then design is certainly Queen. Not to ignore the priceless value in SEO, but SEO is tracked because of the content, as well as in addition to. The layout, ease of navigation, color scheme and overall branding of your site also plays a huge part [...]
Destination marketing with Twitter
My former stomping grounds, Seattle, and employer, Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau, has a wonderful asset at the helm of their Visitor Center – Ann Peavey. Ann’s twitter handle is appropriately @SeattleMaven, a self-described “Seattle’s Know-It-All, History Buff, Concierge & Visitor Information Maven, Food & Wine Enthusiast, Aficionado of Good Hygiene, and Worshipper of the [...]
Building a brand with Twitter
A great branded presence on Twitter might keep visitors looking through your tweets for good information, and will likely entice them to follow you. As I’ve featured in a previous post there are a few (but not nearly enough) great looking skins seen on various destinations’ Twitter pages. I recently developed a skin for a [...]
